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primatech <graeme@NOSPAMprimatechnologies.com.au> wrote in message news:<mWc_c.18803$D7.1144@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> Mil?ve wrote:
> > quickquestion@mailinator.com (Quick Question) wrote in message news:<a6701912.0409022351.10753723@posting.google.com>...
> >
> >>primatech <graeme@NOSPAMprimatechnologies.com.au> wrote in message news:<ns7Zc.14965$D7.14800@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> >>
> >>>Mil?ve wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hello!
> >>>>I have a Dell Inspiron 2650. The AC Adapter is not charging the
> >>>>battery. I believe it's a loose pin in the jack or possibly a loose
> >>>>wire btwn the jack & motherboard. I think I'm going to open up that
> >>>>laptop and take a look inside and see if there is any thing I can do.
> >>>>Can anyone tell me if this is a repair I can do myself? Anything I
> >>>>should be careful of when opening? Has someone done it before?
> >>>>
> >>>>I was given the option to send it back to Dell for a flat fee of $160
> >>>>+ cost of a new M B. I believe it's cheaper to but a new laptop for
> >>>>that cost...
> >>>>
> >>>>Pls let me know.
> >>>>
> >>>>Mileve
> >>>
> >>>I repair this type of problem all the time.
> >>>Yes when I worked for Compaq that was the story...new system board.
> >>>However it usually can be fixed.
> >>>I'd charge you about $150 for the whole job.
> >>>If you do it yourself you will have to take great care. The laptop will
> >>>have to be completely dismantled and its hard enough when you know what
> >>>you are doing to get it back with all the screws in the right places.
> >>>Take measures to eliminate static from the area that you work. Don't
> >>>scuff across the carpet then handle circuit boards.
> >>>Better still get it to someone who knows what they are doing.
> >>
> >>I'm having about the same problem with a Thinkpad 760xd that I bought
> >>used for about $150.
> >>
> >>I'd buy a new one before I got a professional to open it and I don't
> >>want to open it myself.
> >>
> >>Are there anythings I can look for short of opening the laptop?
> >>
> >>In my case, the wires inside of the machine (male) that connect to the
> >>adapter connection seem to suddenly lose contact after a few hours.
> >>
> >>When the contact goes there are three things that have restored it for
> >>a few hours.
> >>
> >>1) I can take a plastic knife and apply gentle pressure on the four
> >>pins. I keep applying them in different directions until it starts
> >>charging.
> >>
> >>2) I can twist the AC adapter plug in the back of the Thinkpad.
> >>Sometimes it starts charging
> >>
> >>3) I can put the laptop screen-down with the part with the connector
> >>face up. I have not done this for any length of time, but it has
> >>worked for a short time.
> >>
> >>I'd rather not throw the whole machine out because of this. But its
> >>just not worth either paying a pro or really learning enough about
> >>electronics myself to actually dismantle and reassemble a laptop.
> >>
> >>I'd appreciate any easy external solutions that might spring to your
> >>mind.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >
> >
> > I experienced the same thing and it got worse. I got no contact at the
> > moment. Too bad, I like my laptop :-(
> >
> > Hope you find a solution.
> >
> > Mileve
>
>
> Its usually dry solder joints caused by the constant twisting of the
> socket on the circuit board as you plug the AC adaptor in (or bump it,
> etc). There is no way to repair it short of dismantling the laptop, the
> faulty connection is inside.
>
> I cant understand why you would not pay a professional a few dollars
> when the alternative is throwing away a perfectly good laptop that would
> have cost you some thousands of dollars??
> Even having a go yourself at the risk of damaging the laptop further
> would make more sense surely?
> Graeme
I think we all say that we will throw it out the window... but in
reality, we always end up having it repaired ;-)
Mileve
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